Imposing a mandatory Electronic Employment Verification System for employers to check Social Security numbers of workers could cost up to $470 million a year and increase identity theft, according to testimony at a congressional hearing Thursday.
The Coast Guard announced that effective today Rear Adm. Ronald J. Rábago is the new program executive officer of the $24 billion Integrated Deepwater Systems program.
Funding conditions in the House Appropriations Committee's homeland security spending bill could obstruct progress on the SBI-Net project, according to Rep. Hal Rogers, ranking member of the homeland appropriations subcommittee.
A new rule requiring small businesses to recertify their size regularly may hinder agencies' current goal of awarding 23 percent of contracting dollars to small businesses, one SBA official said June 4.
Speakers offered suggestions on public funding streams for health IT June 1 in a health IT and Medicaid Webcast, sponsored by the National Conference of StateLegislators and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices.
OMB yesterday gave agencies the basic language they will be required to use in all procurements after June 30 to ensure they are purchasing hardware and software that meet a standard Windows desktop configuration.
DHS is looking for a contractor to process up to 28 million government ID cards a year for existing programs and for new cards such as in the proposed Temporary Worker Program.
The State and Homeland Security departments are pushing forward with a controversial program to upgrade border security by creating a passport card system for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI).
To advance information sharing against terrorism, Boeing Co. expects to be among the first major corporations to assign its own analyst to the Seattle FBI Fusion Center intelligence sharing office.
The planned border-crossing ID card does not require strong privacy protections because the only data it can transmit wirelessly is a reference number, according to the director of NIST.
